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Publication Date: 1994-Apr-8
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Educating Students with Behavior Disorders in a General Education Setting: First Year Report.
Flicek, Michael; Anderson, Jeffrey A.
This paper summarizes the first year experience of the Natrona County (Wyoming) school district in implementing a combined classroom model for educating intermediate grade students with emotional and behavior disorders (E/BD) in a general education setting. The combined classroom model involves two normal size classrooms made into one, three teachers (a general education teacher, a resource teacher, and a teacher of students with E/BD) as well as three paraprofessionals. The students include about 20 students without disabilities, about 10 students with learning disabilities, and no more than 10 students with E/BD. The program involves an integrated behavior management system involving a level system varying in degree of structure, an impulse controls sequence, and monthly meetings of a support team which includes additional resource professionals and service providers. Program evaluation by parents (of students with and without emotional disabilities) has been highly positive. Students without emotional disabilities also expressed positive feelings about the combo class. The students with E/BD agreed that they were learning more though they tended to feel the behavior management system was unfair and only half would choose the combo class next year. Tables detailing evaluation results are attached. Transcripts of parent and student comments are also attached. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment, Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances, Intermediate Grades, Mainstreaming, Parent Attitudes, Social Integration, Student Attitudes, Teaching Models, Team Teaching
Michael Flicek, 970 N. Glenn Road, Casper, WY 82601
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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